VanillaSeven Photography » sutsui http://vanillaseven.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Dance of the NishikiGoi (2) http://vanillaseven.com/2009/10/29/dance-of-the-nishikigoi-2/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/10/29/dance-of-the-nishikigoi-2/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:38 +0000 moxeous http://vanillaseven.com/?p=3801 As I mention on the previous part. These colorful fishes are very friendly, they surely come around whenever people around,
and they are ALWAYS hungry! No matter how many times you feed them, they’ll grab it all.
That’s why you have to be careful not to overfeed them. Because a tournament level fish, must have a torpedo like body (they cannot be too fat!).

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The fish will have good colors and appearance if  thes pond is well maintain, enough oxygen supply, a well operated water filter and of course good nutrition. So never throw any of your food into a koi pond, if the owner see you, you might get into trouble :)

A good Koi fish worth a fortune, especially the one that has won a tournament, its value will be doubled or even multiplied even more.
So how to identify a good qualifying Koi fish? A good koi fish have a good pattern (Kiwa), its pattern must be solid in color and well balance.
But, just like an art, fish collectors may have their favorite one, even though it’s not a tournament level fish.

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Just like my late dad favourite one:
Look at the circled one below, the heart shaped Tancho kohaku. A very rare pattern on a fish.

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]]> http://vanillaseven.com/2009/10/29/dance-of-the-nishikigoi-2/feed/ 8 Dance of the NishikiGoi (1) http://vanillaseven.com/2009/10/19/dance-of-the-nishikigoi-1/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/10/19/dance-of-the-nishikigoi-1/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:08:42 +0000 moxeous http://vanillaseven.com/?p=3793 Nishikigoi (Cyprinus Carpio), or just called it Koi fish, is probably the friendliest species of fish (yeah, there’s dolphin, but they considered as mammals).
Koi fish is just like a dog, they come when their master around, and you can even hand-feeding them.
It’s really a fun moment watching their movement during feeding time.
These pictures were taken in my late dad’s pond.
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Kohaku (red pattern on a white body), Taisho sanke (red and black pattern on white body), Showa sanshoku (red and white patern on black body), Tancho Kohaku (a red circle pattern on the head), and Shiro bekko (black pattern on white body) are just a few names of these fishes type. There are also other names as Sutsui, Shiro Utsuri, Kin ginrin, Yamabushi ogon and many more, too many to mentioned here.

So enjoy the dance of these wonderful fishes!
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